Bustle



UNITED STATES- 'PATENT OFFICE.

FRANK E. BENNETT, OE PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

BUSTLE.

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 379,928, dated March 27, 1888. Application filed November 22, 1887. Serial No. 255,842. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, FRANK E. BENNETT, a citizen of the Kingdom of Great Britain, and a resident of Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Bustles; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de-' scription of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure l is a sideelevation of my invention. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same,showing my improvements.

My invention has for its object to provide a bustle for ladies wear which will be suitable both for street and drawing-room wear; and it consists in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts,.as hereinafter described and claimed.

The frame-work of the bustle consists of two pieces-the base-wire a and a longer piece of continuous Wire, A. The latter is bent into ribs, a a a a a, of progressively-increasing size, the said wire a forming spring-loops c in wire a has a spring-loop, 6, formed in it at its middle point. Textile fabric (indicated at d) may be used to cover the frame; but this forms no part of my invention. I

The general structure of my bustle-frame resembles that of the frame of a buggy-top. The ribs fold together easily and will yield in everydirection to pressure; but the elasticity of the Wire, and especially of the spring-loops b 0, will immediately restore the proper shape.

Having thus' described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is V In a bustle, the base-wire a, having a springloop, 11, formed in it at its middle, in combination with the continuous wire A, which is bent to form a series of ribs and wound on the ends of wire a to form spring-loops a in passing from rib to rib, substantially as set forth. In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

FRANK E. BENNETT. Witnesses:

ALLEN H. GANGEWER, GEORGE W. SELTZER.

passing from one rib to another. The base- 

